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ansion and drafted a confidential sep

, the door

, a triumphant smirk

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lie, a forgery Alista

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future. Alistair' s futur

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msy, desperate p

sudden, vicious movement, sla

nimaginable pain sho

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ing, the world dis

ruin. Her voice,

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